Been a busy few weeks what with the move and the upcoming trip and work kickin' my ass! However everything progresses.
We moved in last weekend, in record time. The 24' truck was packed to the gunwales (or gunnels as we say in Scotland). We had a merry band of helpers, and I am eternally grateful to them for their efforts. We got the whole truck packed up by 11:30am, having only started around 9am, and we were at the new house and completely unpacked by 2pm. The unpacking will take several more weeks/months!
On the weight side, as you can see above, progress continues in the right direction. I am now under 250lbs fully clothed, more than 30lbs down!
The trip to the homeland is coming up soon. I will be back in the UK from the 8th in Scotland and the 15th in Epsom.
My progress continues! The last few weeks have been difficult, I guess because I lost focus, however this last week, I have regained that focus and coupled with working at the new house, painting, decorating, etc, I have put myself back on track.
I really want to get as low as I can before I go to the UK in May, because for sure there will be lots of bad food, alcohol and poor general habits!
Yep, this weekend, AJ tried her first solid food, well "thicker than milk" food. I am not sure it really qualifies as solid if you could suck it through a straw! As you can see from the picture on the right, it was the messy affair you would expect, although the video shows that she did actually open her mouth voluntarily a few times
This has been a funny month, not much going on one minute, then all hell breaking loose the next. Easter coming so early threw a lot of folks, and work seemed to be really quiet compared to previous Easters. We have secured the house, as i said earlier and will actually get the keys this Friday 28th. We don't move for another month, but this will give us time to clean, paint, etc before we actually have to move in, which is really excellent.
And of course many
other pictures, taken this month, of our impossibly cute girl!
what to yell when a plane is coming in to land on the fairway. Last weekend, I was driving from an appointment along route 22 near our office and one of the local golf courses, I frequent in the summer. There were a number of police cars and some crime scene tape on the road bordering the course, and I could see some officers actually standing around on the course.
It turns out that someone had chosen to land their small plane on the course, complete with skis and all, to ensure his son made it to his tennis lesson at the club across the street.
The full incredible story
is here and some more details
here.
My calorie controlled diet continues to go well, and in fact I have now lost over 18lbs. My eventual target is still 50lbs, but I can already fit back into my 40 waist jeans, trousers and shorts. Hopefully when we move, I can get back to more regular exercise, beyond walking the dog occasionally.
Winter is still with us, and some more snow and cold coming this week. Last weekend, we went over to our new place to try out the walk down to town and the lake. It was a gorgeous day, and we made the lake in 40 minutes, which is about as long as it takes to walk to Libertyville town (for those who have been here).
We signed the lease on the new place, and paid an initial deposit this weekend, with the move date set for 1st May at the latest. We took some excellent pictures, including the one above and this one, down by the lake. The current background shot was from there too.
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Been a busy few weeks what with the move and the upcoming trip and work kickin' my ass! However everything progresses.
